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Pietro Testa
Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy, 17th century
etching and engraving in ink on laid paper
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Artist Pietro Testa, Italian, 1611-1650
Title
  • Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy
Date 17th century
Medium etching and engraving in ink on laid paper
Dimensions Plate: 10 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (26.4 × 41.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
Accession Number 09.1S1147
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Signed Signed, in plate, lower center of image: P. Testa fecit.
May 1886, Bangs Sale.
Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.];
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)